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THE ORCHIL) REVIEW. 



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ODONTIODA x VU YLSTEKE/E. 



We are n-.v i 1 photographic illustration of the remarkable 



Odontioda X Vuylstekeae, which created such a sensation at the recent 

 Temple Show, together with its two parents. It was described in detail at 

 page 189 of our last issue, and the illustration, though necessarily failing to 

 convey an idea of the colour, gives a very graphic idea of the characters of 

 the flower. It is represented four-fifths natural size. The resemblance to 

 the Odontoglossum parent is at once apparent, and nothing further need be 

 said about the shape. It is in colour where the resemblance to the 

 Cochlioda chiefly comes in. The ground colour may be described as light 



35- Odontoglossum Pescatorei. Fig. 36. Cochlioda Ncetzliana. 

 cream-yellow, but is largely obliterated, except on the lip, and in the 

 curious ring round the large basal blotch on the sepals and petals. This 

 blotch may be described as deep salmon-red, the remaining part being 

 strongly suffused with rose. The blotches on the lip are deep salmon-red, 

 and the crest deep yellow, with the teeth more developed than in O. 

 Pescatorei. Of course, the Pescatorei parent may have been quite a different 

 variety from the one figured. M. Vuylsteke must be congratulated on his 



